Stamford, Connecticut, 1972.

Of German and Jewish origin. In 1993 she graduated in History of Art from the Columbia University. Later, she completed a masters in Fine Arts at Goldsmiths College, associated with the University of London.

She is morbid and her work is full of striking images of skeletons. At the same time, her work is figurative, erotic, fantastical. She dissects her figures like a forensic scientist. Her work is characterised by experimentation with materials and her own philosophical position. She also examines ancient funerary beliefs. For her, death is the light.

Her work is recognised for its delicate drawings, penetrating and anchored on the body.

She has given classes as a teacher and guest speaker in institutions such as the New York University, the Cornell University, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, the Contemporary Arts Museum in Houston, Texas, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, the Sotheby Institute in New York and the Northeastern University of Boston, to name a few.

Her work has been exhibited all around the world. Some notable exhibitions have included the Kunsthalle in Berna (Switzerland), the Witte de With in Rotterdam (Netherlands) and the Dhondt-Dhaenens Museum in Belgium.

She participated in the Whitney Biennial in 2004.

Her work forms part of the collections of the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art, also in New York, the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, the Georges Pompidou National Art and Culture Center in Paris, the Olbricht "Me" Collection in The Albertina in Vienna, the Bruseum in Graz, Switzerland and the Sammlung Hoffman in Berlin, as well as other distinguished public and private collections.

Lives and works in New York.